On 17 November 2014, Australia and China concluded negotiations over the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the text of the agreement to be finalised in 2015. Our previous article flagged that the change of...more

United States companies investing abroad stand to gain additional legal protections in the near future from two international treaties currently under negotiation intended to safeguard investments of United States investors...more

Avoiding Litigation in the Host State’s Courts in Investor-State Disputes After the Urbaser and Teinver Decisions. Previously, foreign investors whose investments have been damaged by governmental measures of the host...more

The final wording is not yet official, and there may still be some last minute changes before its publication in the Official Gazette, but the Italian Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Finance felt certain...more

On 17 December 2013 the British Virgin Islands House of Assembly had the third and final reading of the new Arbitration Act 2013, which came into force on 23 January 2014.
The new Arbitration Act was part of the work...more

On 17 December 2013 the British Virgin Islands House of Assembly had the third and final reading of the new Arbitration Act 2013. The new Act will come into force on a date to be announced. The following analysis is based on...more

On January 24, 2013, the United States and Japan signed a proposed protocol to amend the existing tax treaty between the two countries, which was entered into in 2003. The amendments, which will take effect when ratified by...more

We continue our series on how to use Portugal as an advantageous platform from which to invest in other Portuguese speaking countries such as Brazil, Angola or Mozambique. This time we take a closer look at the available...more

In this Issue:
*2009 Annual Meeting in San Francisco - ILN Chairman, Lowell Lifschultz Steps Down After 21 Years Hosted by Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk and Rabkin
*2009 European Regional Meeting in Athens...more

In this Issue:
*The European Company in France: Two Years On Lefèvre Pelletier & Associés, Paris by Roland Montfort / Véronique Deau
*The Family Office Nigel Harris & Partners, Channel Islands by Anita...more